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I had a pinched nerve in my neck. it stared out as just a dull pain that went from my neck to my shoulder then by the third day it was hurting and burning.
I have experienced increasing weakness in my right hand and some in my left. I had to get a shot in the ER to help with the pain and relax the muscles, which helped.
I got with my doctor and a test was performed that sent electric currents through my arms to check for where the nerve damage was from and whether it comes from the neck or if it's carpal tunnel.
My arms fall asleep when doing certain tasks. I still haven't gotten my results but every time I got a shock in my right hand my legs kicked up. It doesn't look too great.
- anon53099
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I have numbness on the tip of my index finger on my left hand and pain on my upper lat close to my armpit. I also have pain in my forearm near my elbow when my arm is extended parallel to the ground when standing. Sometimes the pain occurs when I stand in on place with my arms to my side. The pains first occurred when I went for to a brutal message therapist for a muscle pain between my shoulder blades to the left of my vertebrae. The pain has lessened over the last 2 weeks but the numbness in the fingertip is still there and tingling occurs between my thumb and middle finger on the top of my hand when I bend over and pick up something. Do I have a compressed median nerve? What could it be and what should I do about it?
- chashef
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For several months now, my 13 year old sister has been complaining of an awful burning pain on her right shoulder. Recently though, the pain has spread to her entire back. The doctors said it was all in her head, but she really isn't the imaginative type. The pain is bad enough that some days she just spends her time crying in her room not able to sleep. A friend of mine told me that it could be a pinched spinal nerve but the doctors keep saying there's nothing wrong with her. So what should I do to help her seeing as how none of the doctors will.
- anon35441
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I had a spur in my neck that caused pain and tingling in my neck, shoulder and down my left arm. After two surgeries the pain remains. The last few days I have started to experience the same symptoms in my *right* arm and hand.
*What* is Happening? Can this happen where it travels to the right side? Please answer me as soon as possible as I am very very worried about what is happening. I should also note that I had a fusion in my neck (c5-c6) and a small plate was implanted. But why am I having these symptoms on my right side? Thanks so much for any information you can provide me!
- tom100033
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I am a 37-year-old female. I have had a discomfort in my lower back since 1991. I have been to my doctors and chiropractors in 7 to 8 different states, and all say it is nothing or that I maybe pulled something or lifted something wrong. I even had one tell me that it was all in my head and that I just wanted attention.
For years, I thought that maybe it was all in my head. I have been in pain since the birth of my first daughter, which was 17 years ago. I always believed that the doctor pinched a nerve when giving me that epidural. I finally got an answer, it is a pinched nerve and now I can start to manage the pain as well as start the healing.
For the longest time, I thought that I was going crazy because no doctor could find anything wrong with me. I became depressed and cried all the time, telling myself that this pain is just in my head.
- skyblue
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I am a 37 year old female. I have had a discomfort in my lower back which I think is a pinched nerve. It has caused my left side to ache and had recently gone into the left side of my back. Aching enough I cannot sleep on that side. It has been sore since the birth of my first daughter 13 years ago. In all my pregnancies the baby pinched a nerve cause great discomfort until birth. I have been to my doctor and chiropractors and all say it's nothing and maybe I pulled something or lifted something. It has hurt for 13 years. I wish somebody could tell me the problem instead of acting as if I am making a big deal out of nothing.
- pickle
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About 3 months ago, I was working out with a trainer and she had me doing squats. I felt a pain go through my right butt cheek. Last week, after a run, my right foot started to tingle and has not stopped since. There is no pain, my leg is achy, but there is just tingling all of the time. Do you think I pinched a nerve and if so, what should I do about it?
- caitlina
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I was told that i have a pinched nerve in my neck it got worse over a three month period and i have finally hit the maximum pain and muscle spasms that i can handle but the bad news is that its been three weeks since i have done that movement and it isn't a whole lot better. How long will it take to better itself. I can't even peel a cucumber without shocks in my neck!!! Why are we so hard on our bodies? We should know better :)
- anon14664
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My mom has been diagnosed with copd and spondolitu , her bottom vertebrae are also fused together. She is currently experiencing terrible shooting pain up her neck, making her one side of her brain feel numb and it is even confusing her thoughts, it feels like a can of worms sensation in her head. Are any of these conditions connected and what would you recommend? Regards, Sally Stanton
- anon14479
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I've been to the doctors and they tell me that i do not have pinched nerve. I have the tingling sensation in my arm, but my index finger and my thumb on my right hand is numb. also on my left hand my index finger has no strength. I've had no accident to caused this i just woke up one day and it was like this. I've had an EMG test and it came back normal. I don't know what to do any help?
- anon13501
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Hi. I was wondering, i am having a lot of pain when i am walking pretty fast, its like all sudden my leg is pinching and the pain is going down my back, down my left butt cheek, and down to my lower calf. So here's the thing, i dont have insurance, so i was wondering what do i do? can u help me?
- anon11437
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I injured my shoulder while exercising. There was no pain while exercising but after an hour or so it started paining in my lower neck and right shoulder. It was a severe and continuous pain. After 2-3 days the pain started coming down but I started feeling tingling and partial numbness in my right hand thumb. Right hand wrist got substantially weaker and so was the grip of this hand. Its been three weeks since then. A little pain still persists in neck and shoulder which increases when I sleep and decreases when I do exercise that my physiotherapist had suggested. The tingling, numbness and weakness still persist. When I turn my head to the left, the tingling sensation rises very much.
I had this sensation on turning my head to the left for past 3 months but it wasn't continuous and no numbness was there. Also the neck pain started three months back just one day when I woke up. But then went away after sometime. Now it's back after exercising in the gym. What can you suggest here?
- anon10808
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Yes i have a question when you have a pinched nerve and the pain is shooting down your leg it can go numb...Is it possible for your knee to give out and make you loose your balance banging your knee and scrapping up your elbow in the process.
- anon4606